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South Sudan: overcrowding, chronic illnesses, doom and gloom at Yambio Central Prison
The revelations emerged after an inspection by the South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State Assembly’s Committee on Gender, Child, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, exposing what legislators describe as an unfolding humanitarian crisis inside the facility.
Source: Sudans Post (04/12/2025)